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This task force organizes the 2016 VIVO Conference, which will be held in Denver Colorado, August 17-19, 2016 at the Marriott City Center. The conference is coordinated by Designing Events with the help of the task force.
The task force will work all year up and through next year's conference. A simplified/conceptual schedule is below. A revised/detailed schedule will be available from Designing Events shortly,
Week | Status |
September | Recruit task force members, conduct, review 2015 conference survey, post presentations and photographs from 2015 conference, review conference timeline |
October | Review/finalize conference organization, meeting processes |
November | Begin marketing and sponsorship work |
December | Begin keynote invites |
January | Begin invited speaker solicitation, begin sponsor solicitation |
February | Call for workshops, papers and panels |
March | Begin reviewing abstracts, finalize workshops |
April | Late-breaking call for papers |
May | Call for contest participants, finalize schedule |
June | RFP for 2017 location |
July | Select/conform 2017 location and dates |
August | Workshop and conference |
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